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Aliağa

Aliağa, is a town and a district of Izmir Province in the Aegean Region of Turkey. The town is situated at about 50 km north of Izmir. Aliağa has a large port, mainly for oil and bulk cargo. Its economic activity is based on tourism, shipbreaking, and an oil refinery.

Politician criticises funds spent on Çandarlı Port

Aliaga, (PortSEurope) November 23, 2020 – Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi İzmir Deputy Sevda Erdan Kılıç, in a speech at the Plan and Budget Commission on...

Turkey – Total port container handling by seaport – Jan-Sep 2020

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 21, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published total...

ZIM Introduces the New Levant – Black Sea Express (LBX) Service

A Significant Upgrade of its East Med & Black Sea Network – October 1, 2020 ZIM is very pleased to announce a significant upgrade of its  East...

Aliağa port sees sharp rise in cargo traffic

Aliağa, Turkey (PortSEurope) September 24, 2020 – IMEAK Chamber of Shipping Aliaga Branch Chairman, Adem Simsek, has said that in August 2020, Aliağa...

Turkey: Total cargo handling by port – Jan-Aug 2020

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) September 9, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published total...

Turkey: Container handling by port authority January-July 2020

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 17, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published figures for...

Turkey: Container handling by port for January-June 2020

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 26, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published figures for...

ENKA applies for Izmir LNG facility license

Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 22, 2020 – ENKA, the local industrial conglomerate, has applied to the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) for a...

Turkey plans new port at Kyme on the Aegean coast

Aliaga, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 19, 2020 – According to an official zoning plan, Turkey is planning to construct Nemrut Bay Port within the borders...

ENKA Group applies to Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) to establish LNG plant in Aliağa

Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 9, 2020 – ENKA, the Turkish engineering and construction company, has applied for a licence from EPDK, the Energy...

İMEAK Chamber of Shipping, İzmir Branch, promotes local port

Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 1, 2020 – At an event celebrating Maritime and Cabotage Day, Yusuf Öztürk, Chairman of the Board of İMEAK Chamber of...

Taranto port to benefit from new CMA CGM feeder service

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) June 4, 2020 – French shipping company, CMA CGM, is to start a feeder service calling at the Turkish ports of Ambarli,...

Turkey: Total traffic April 2020 by port, numbers down

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2020 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs-Maritime Department has published total traffic figures for...

Turkey’s Akçansa has announced improved financial results for 2019

Çanakkale, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 4, 2020 – Akçansa, a leading building materials company & port operator, has announced financials for the year...

Turkey: Ports – Q1 2020 – total handling by port

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 3, 2020 – Turkey Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Denizcilik İstatistikleri) has reported total port...

Ukraine ambassador to Greece visits Piraeus Port Authority

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) November 17, 2019 – The Ambassador of Ukraine to Greece, Sergii Shutenko, has visited the Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA)...

COSCO Shipping Lines participates in new short sea shipping service that includes Valencia and Algeciras ports

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2019 – COSCO Shipping and CMA CGM have inaugurated the new Black Sea Marmara Morocco Service (BSM) at Valencia...

Ranking – Top cargo ports in the Europe 2016-2017

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 18, 2019 – The European Statistical Agency, Eurostat, has published statistics for the top cargo ports in Europe for...

İzmir to receive new floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU)

Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 5, 2019 – The Aliağa district of İzmir is today scheduled to receive a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) floating...

Natural Mining Resources starts coal exports to Turkey from Gijón port

Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2019 – Gijón port plans to start supplying raw materials to Turkish steel companies. That is the destination of 5,000...

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